Jeonbuk Province Supports Women's Employment to Prevent Career Interruptions~

Jeonbuk Provincial Government Office

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gominhyung] Jeonbuk Province is strengthening employment support services for employed women and career-interrupted women who are experiencing employment crises due to the spread of 'COVID-19'.

Jeonbuk Province announced on the 15th that until now, the size of companies eligible to participate in the internship program was limited to those with 5 to fewer than 1,000 regular employees, making it difficult for small-scale companies to participate. However, for the time being, companies with fewer than 5 regular employees that are enrolled in the four major social insurances will also be able to participate.

In addition, women who receive job counseling and other employment support services at the Saeil Center will be eligible to receive the Saeil Women Internship support fund even if they are hired directly by companies as interns without going through the Saeil Center's intern linkage procedure.

Furthermore, measures such as relaxing part-time internship employment conditions, easing job category restrictions, and loosening participation restrictions for downsizing workplaces will be implemented to expand employment opportunities and reduce the wage burden on women’s employment and companies.

This has mainly been promoted targeting career-interrupted women registered for job seeking through the nine Women Saeil Centers in the province, and the support standard is provided within a limit of 3 million KRW per intern.

Companies receive 800,000 KRW per month as an intern hiring subsidy during the internship period (3 months), and interns receive an employment incentive of 600,000 KRW if they maintain employment for more than 3 months from the date of conversion to a regular or permanent position after the internship ends.

Gu Hyungbo, Director of Welfare, Women and Health Bureau of Jeonbuk Province, said, “The province will do its best to support work-family balance and discover more jobs so that women can find new employment and continue new careers.”

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